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Announcing ELAN’s New Executive Director

Big news from ELAN! It is my great pleasure to announce that ELAN has hired Miranda Castravelli as our new permanent Executive Director! Miranda (she/her/hers) joins us with a diverse background, having worked in arts, education,…
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2023 Year in Review

It has been quite the year! Looking back on 2023, it’s hard to believe we managed to do so much. It's been a packed year and, as usual, there’s so much to be proud of!  Below you can check out the overview of the incredible…
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ELAN Project News October 2023

Letter from the Interim Executive Director Halloween is still a few weeks away, but October is already shaping up to be a positively monstrous month for ELAN! First for anyone who hasn’t already registered, we hope to see you at Day…
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Elan News August 2023

Letter From Executive Director August is a funny time of year. It’s still very much summer – just check your thermometer and remove all doubt – but there’s also the growing sense that something is just around the corner, and…
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ELAN News July 2023

Letter from Executive Director Here we are at the beginning of July (well, almost), and somehow we’re already past the half-way point of 2023. And while a lot of folks are taking some well-earned time off, ELAN still has lots…
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Letter from the Interim Executive Director, June 2023

Hello everyone, it’s a pleasure to be writing you as Interim Executive Director! While I am new to the role, this month marks four years since joining the team for me, so I am certainly no stranger to ELAN and its community. Nevertheless,…
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Letter from the Executive Director – March 2023

Hello all!Our Artist Capacity Building Clinics are well on their way and I encourage you to take a minute to see if any of them interest you, you can book time with an accountant, a lawyer, and other experts in various fields and pay 12$ for…
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Letter from the Executive Director February 2023

February is a great time of year to turn your attention to your creative practice.The shorter days and cold weather lend well to time spent contemplating your art.  Keep in mind, we are here to help.  The Artist Capacity Building…

Letter from the Executive Director, November 2022

Get ready for party season!   That is my focus during Dreary November (the month that feels like one long post-Halloween sugar hangover).  We have you covered if you are looking for interesting things to do.  We are…
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Letter from the Executive Director, September 2022

Firstly, I want to extend a sincere thank-you to all who joined us for our AGM on August 15th, we had a very successful meeting followed by a wonderful surprise party for our founder, Guy Rodgers, who is apparently retiring (lol – if you…
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Letter from the Executive Director, July 2022

Join us for a Party in the Park! It is an exciting time for us around the office (and zoom space) as we are getting ready for our first in-person Schmoozer on July 20 in Park Jarry. In a great stroke of luck, we will be sharing the park with…

Land Acknowledgement

ELAN is an official minority language organization within a country that recognizes two languages as official. ELAN is located in Tiohtià:ke, the original name for Montreal in Kanien’kéha, the language of the Mohawk—also known as Mooniyang, which is the Anishinaabeg name given to the city by the Algonquin. While we are based in this city, our projects have also taken place in many regions across Quebec.

We acknowledge the colonial origin of English and French in Canada, and recognize that both languages benefit from official status throughout the land. The province that we know as Quebec is an amalgamation of the traditional territories of the Innu and Inuit nations, Algonquian nations, as well as the Mohawk nations of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. Kanien’kéha and Anishinaabemowin are but two of the original languages of this province; Atikamekw, Cree, Inuktitut, and Innu-aimun are also among the many Indigenous languages spoken across Quebec as majority languages, all well before French and English.

ELAN acknowledges the important work being done by First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples to revive the traditional languages of these territories, and their advocacy for the official status of Indigenous languages.

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